Cult Labs

Go Back   Cult Labs > Film Discussions > Horror > The 1970's And Beyond > The 1990's

Like Tree4Likes

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 19th April 2011, 07:48 PM
bizarre_eye@Cult Labs's Avatar
Moderator Alumni
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Black Lodge
Blog Entries: 3
Question Your Favourite Horror Film from 1990

1990 was a year for some brilliant horror films, but which one is your favourite? What makes it special to you? When did you first see it? Would you recommend it to the uninitiated?

Sometimes it's a hard decision to just pick one film (even when you're limiting it to a single year!), but my favourite film of 1990 is...

Hardware - Richard Stanley

So much more than a Terminator rip-off, Stanley's Hardware is a dystopian nightmare made flesh. Fantastic cinematography and lighting aid the cyberpunk style of Hardware, which in my opinion results in one of the finest films from the '90s.

Trailer:



Plus, repetitive though it may be I absolutely love the theme by Public Image Ltd. which fits the mood of the film perfectly.

Theme (Public Image Ltd. - Order Of Death):


Runners Up:
Arachnophobia
Baby Blood
Begotten
Bride of Re-Animator
Cat in the Brain
Class of 1999
Frankenhooker
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Jacob's Ladder
Living Doll
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Singapore Sling
Two Evil Eyes
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 3406301509_ea0e902353.jpg (58.9 KB, 1 views)
File Type: jpg mark13flaghead.jpg (22.4 KB, 1 views)
File Type: jpg hardware.jpg (29.4 KB, 1 views)
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 19th April 2011, 09:01 PM
Demdike@Cult Labs's Avatar
Cult King
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
Default

Exorcist 3

Nearly as good as the first imo.

Honorable mentions to near horror films - Edward Scissorhands and The Witches .
Attached Images
File Type: jpg g.jpg (7.6 KB, 1 views)
File Type: jpg imagesCAX91M17.jpg (3.7 KB, 1 views)
File Type: jpg imagesCAZGVYBD.jpg (8.9 KB, 1 views)
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 20th April 2011, 07:43 PM
Make Them Die Slowly's Avatar
Cult Addict
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
 
Join Date: May 2009
Blog Entries: 5
Default

"Baby Blood" and "Singapore Sling" for me though "Sling" wins hands down. It's glorious in it's own madness and quite beautiful to look at too. ECT never looked so much fun
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 20th April 2011, 08:17 PM
bizarre_eye@Cult Labs's Avatar
Moderator Alumni
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Black Lodge
Blog Entries: 3
Default

Singapore Sling is indeed very beautiful to look at - it has a very big noir feel to it. Great ending, too.
__________________

Last edited by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs; 20th April 2011 at 10:43 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 20th April 2011, 10:40 PM
Active Cultist
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Default

Hardware is definitely my number 1 of 1990, Exorcist 3 second and it's between Jacobs Ladder and Nightbreed for third.

Quote:
Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs View Post
These are up there, too.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 21st April 2011, 02:42 AM
Cult Acolyte
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Default

I've got a real soft spot for Brian Yuzna's Bride of Re-Animator.It definitely needs a decent DVD release, preferably using the unrated print of the film.
Jani likes this.
__________________
From the bowels of the earth they came ... to collect DVDs!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 21st April 2011, 11:02 AM
Phats's Avatar
Cultist
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: London
Default

I have a soft spot for It mainly because it was one of the first horror movies I ever saw.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 21st April 2011, 12:58 PM
bizarre_eye@Cult Labs's Avatar
Moderator Alumni
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Black Lodge
Blog Entries: 3
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phats View Post
I have a soft spot for It mainly because it was one of the first horror movies I ever saw.
IT was a decent TV-Movie adaptation of the King novel, and Tim Curry was brilliant as Pennywise the clown. However, I really thought it fell apart in the final act when the 'creature' is discovered (bad effects work partially to blame!).
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 22nd April 2011, 09:42 AM
Active Cultist
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Finland
Default

Hardware is definitely my choice too.At times very intense and claustrophopic,and with some very cool man vs. robot splatter scenes,all in a scorched apocalyptic planet.What's not to like? Yes,no flesh shall be spared.The other likes are Maniac Cop 2 (still waiting for someone to pick this up),Bride of Re-Animator (certainly better than Beyond Re-Animator),Baby Blood,Nightbreed,The Exorcist III and Cat in the Brain.It still pisses me off they kicked Stanley out from The Island of Dr. Moreau,that movie would have been a dream come true.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 24th April 2011, 06:02 PM
pedromonkey's Avatar
Cult Acolyte
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Capital Of Wales...
Blog Entries: 12
Default

i don't understand how people on here can class Hardware as a horror film, it's a sci-fi movie, it's set in a post-apocalyptic world with a killer robot, it's exactly like the Terminator but that's not classed as horror. It baffles me.
Reply With Quote
Reply  

Like this? Share it using the links below!

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



Our goal is to keep Cult Labs friendly. If you feel discouraged from posting by certain members' behaviour then you can e-mail us in complete confidence.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
All forum posts are contributed by members of the site; Cult Labs cannot take responsibility for all content posted on the site. If you have an issue with content posted on the site please click the 'report post' button.
Copyright © 2014 Cult Laboratories Ltd. All rights reserved.